Double black Crested Butte, CO
Phoenix Bowl drops 492 vertical feet over 1,182 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 110th steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 25°, Phoenix Bowl gets about 45% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,700 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.